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- Wind Chill Table
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- Source: National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Commerce Department
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- Both temperature and wind cause heat loss from body surfaces. A combination
- of cold and wind makes a body feel colder than the actual temperature. The
- table shows, for example, that a temperature of 20 degrees Fahrenheit, plus
- a wind of 20 miles per hour, causes a body heat loss equal to that in minus
- 10 degrees with no wind. In other words, the wind makes 20 degrees feel like
- minus 10. Top line of figures shows actual temperatures in degrees
- Fahrenheit. Column at left shows wind speeds.
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- │Temp> │ 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -30 -35 -40 -45 │
- ├──────┼───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
- │W 5 │ 33 27 21 16 12 7 0 -5 -10 -15 -21 -26 -31 -36 -42 -47 -52 │
- │I 10 │ 22 16 10 3 -3 -9 -15 -22 -27 -34 -40 -46 -52 -58 -64 -71 -77 │
- │N 15 │ 16 9 2 -5 -11 -18 -25 -31 -38 -45 -51 -58 -65 -72 -78 -85 -92 │
- │D 20 │ 12 4 -3 -10 -17 -24 -31 -39 -46 -53 -60 -67 -74 -81 -88 -95 -103 │
- │ 25 │ 8 1 -7 -15 -22 -29 -36 -44 -51 -59 -66 -74 -81 -88 -96 -103 -110 │
- │M 30 │ 6 -2 -10 -18 -25 -33 -41 -49 -56 -64 -71 -79 -86 -93 -101 -109 -116 │
- │P 35 │ 4 -4 -12 -20 -27 -35 -43 -52 -58 -67 -74 -82 -89 -97 -105 -113 -120 │
- │H 40 │ 3 -5 -13 -21 -29 -37 -45 -53 -60 -69 -76 -84 -92 -100 -107 -115 -123 │
- │ 45 │ 2 -6 -14 -22 -30 -38 -46 -54 -62 -70 -78 -85 -93 -102 -109 -117 -125 │
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- │ (Wind speeds greater than 45 mph have little additional chilling effect.) │
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- The World Almanac & Book of Facts
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